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The 2026 Florida gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Florida. Primary elections will take place on August 18, 2026. Incumbent Republican governor Ron DeSantis is ineligible to seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Democrats have not won a gubernatorial election in Florida since 1994.
| Date | Host | Moderators | Location | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
| Key: P Participant I Invited W Withdrawn A Absent N Not invited | |||||||||
| Jay Collins | Byron Donalds | James Fishback | Paul Renner | Rachel Rodriguez | Bobby Williams | ||||
| June 6, 2026 | Young Leaders of America | TBA | Stuart | I | I | I | I | I | I |
| July 21, 2026 | Fox News | TBA | Tampa | N | I | I | N | N | N |
| Campaign finance reports as of April 1, 2026 | ||
| Candidate | Raised | Spent |
| Jay Collins (R) | $388,489 | $28,799 |
| Byron Donalds (R) | $7,104,287 | $3,119,572 |
| James Fishback (R) | $298,017 | $267,793 |
| Paul Renner (R) | $617,003 | $112,183 |
| Sources: | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jay Collins | Byron Donalds | James Fishback | Paul Renner | Other | Undecided |
| Change Research (D) | May 13–16, 2026 | – (LV) | – | 8% | 48% | 9% | 3% | – | 28% |
| Public Sentiment Institute | May 13–14, 2026 | 750 (LV) | – | – | 46% | 35% | – | – | 19% |
| Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R) | April 26–30, 2026 | 420 (LV) | ± 4 % | 7% | 54% | 9% | 2% | – | 28% |
| Stetson University | March 25 – April 13, 2026 | 373 (LV) | – | 6% | 38% | 5% | 7% | 17% | 28% |
| Keystone Analytics | March 27 – April 6, 2026 | 795 (LV) | ± 3 % | – | 43% | 19% | – | – | 38% |
| Tarrance Group (R) | March 30 – April 2, 2026 | 466 (LV) | ± 4 % | 6% | 50% | 9% | 3% | – | 32% |
| Emerson College | March 29–31, 2026 | 465 (LV) | ± 4 % | 4% | 46% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 39% |
| The American Promise | February 23–26, 2026 | 800 (LV) | ± 3 % | 4% | 44% | 5% | 2% | – | 45% |
| The Public Sentiment Institute | February 20, 2026 | – (LV) | – | 12% | 30% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 46% |
| – (RV) | 7% | 29% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 57% | |||
| – (A) | 7% | 27% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 59% | |||
| University of North Florida | February 16–20, 2026 | 657 (LV) | ± 4 % | 4% | 31% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 51% |
| 3% | 28% | 4% | 1% | 28% | 36% | ||||
| Targoz Market Research | February 13–16, 2026 | 401 (RV) | – | 15% | 33% | 3% | 9% | – | 40% |
| Patriot Polling (R) | January 19–29, 2026 | 827 (LV) | ± 4 % | – | 37% | 23% | – | – | 40% |
| Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy | January 8–13, 2026 | 400 (RV) | ± 5 % | 7% | 37% | 3% | 4% | – | 49% |
| Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R) | January 4–6, 2026 | 600 (LV) | ± 4 % | 6% | 45% | 4% | 3% | – | 41% |
| – | 39% | 3% | 1% | 26% | 31% | ||||
| – | 47% | 5% | 4% | – | 43% | ||||
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) | December 7–11, 2025 | 700 (RV) | ± 3 % | 13% | 40% | – | – | 9% | 38% |
| The Tyson Group (R) | December 8–9, 2025 | 800 (LV) | ± 3 % | 9% | 38% | 2% | 1% | – | 49% |
| The American Promise | November 17–19, 2025 | 800 (LV) | ± 3 % | 1% | 43% | 0% | 2% | – | 54% |
| Victory Insights (R) | November 11–13, 2025 | 600 (LV) | – | 1% | 45% | 1% | 3% | – | 49% |
| St. Pete Polls | October 13–15, 2025 | 1,034 (LV) | ± 3 % | 4% | 39% | – | 3% | – | 54% |
| 12% | 52% | – | – | – | 36% | ||||
| Targoz Market Research | September 16–18, 2025 | 506 (RV) | – | – | 29% | – | 9% | – | 62% |
| The American Promise | September 4–5, 2025 | 800 (LV) | ± 3 % | 2% | 40% | – | 2% | – | 54% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Casey DeSantis | Byron Donalds | Matt Gaetz | Ashley Moody | Jeanette Nuñez | Jimmy Patronis | Wilton Simpson | Francis Suarez |
| Emerson College | March 29–31, 2026 | 465 (LV) | ± 4 % | 7% | 44% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Pete Polls | October 13–15, 2025 | 1,034 (LV) | ± 3 % | 21% | 47% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Targoz Market Research | September 16–18, 2025 | 510 (RV) | – | 26% | 23% | – | – | – | – | 2% | – |
| University of North Florida | July 14–22, 2025 | 797 (RV) | ± 3 % | 32% | 29% | 8% | – | – | – | 1% | 2% |
| St. Pete Polls | July 8–10, 2025 | 831 (LV) | ± 3 % | 27% | 35% | – | – | – | – | 3% | – |
| Targoz Market Research | May 5–7, 2025 | 516 (RV) | – | 29% | 28% | 10% | – | 7% | – | 4% | 5% |
| Targoz Market Research | April 15–22, 2025 | 619 (RV) | – | 28% | 22% | 8% | – | 9% | – | 4% | 7% |
| Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R) | February 26–27, 2025 | 600 (LV) | ± 5 % | 30% | 34% | – | – | – | – | 3% | – |
| Victory Insights (R) | January 26–27, 2025 | 850 (LV) | ± 3 % | – | 34% | – | – | – | – | 5% | – |
| – | 31% | – | – | 4% | – | 3% | 1% | – | – | 60% | |
| Florida Atlantic University/ Mainstreet Research | June 8–9, 2024 | 366 (RV) | ± 3 % | 43% | 19% | 13% | 14% | – | 5% | – | – |
| Florida Atlantic University/ Mainstreet Research | April 15–17, 2024 | 372 (RV) | ± 3 % | 38% | – | 16% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Victory Insights (R) | April 3–6, 2024 | 1,200 (LV) | ± 2 % | – | 21% | 13% | – | – | 3% | 2% | – |
| University of North Florida | October 23 – November 4, 2023 | 788 (LV) | ± 3 % | 22% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jerry Demings | David Jolly | Other | Undecided |
| Change Research (D) | May 13–16, 2026 | – (LV) | – | 27% | 42% | – | 31% |
| Emerson College | March 29–31, 2026 | 362 (LV) | ± 4 % | 10% | 21% | 16% | 53% |
| Targoz Market Research | February 20–22, 2026 | 471 (RV) | ± 4 % | 23% | 31% | 2% | 44% |
| The Public Sentiment Institute | February 20, 2026 | – (LV) | – | 16% | 22% | 9% | 53% |
| – (RV) | 18% | 22% | 8% | 52% | |||
| – (A) | 18% | 21% | 8% | 53% | |||
| Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy | January 8–13, 2026 | 400 (RV) | ± 5 % | 19% | 23% | – | 58% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | December 2–3, 2025 | 616 (LV) | – | 22% | 22% | – | 56% |